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While the world frets over North Korea, what to do about Iran also causes headaches

  • Written by: Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
imagePresident Trump himself has described Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action as the “worst deal ever".Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

While North Korea’s reckless behavior in pursuit of a nuclear weapons program has diverted international attention in recent weeks, another crisis-in-the-making should be regarded with equal concern.

What the world...

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My favourite album: Yothu Yindi's Tribal Voice

  • Written by: Aaron Corn, Professor of Music and Director, Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) and National Centre for Aboriginal Language and Music Studies (NCALMS), University of Adelaide
imageYothu Yindi performing in 2000. Their songs offered hope and strength to generations of Yolŋu people. Dean Lewins/AAP

Music is central to my training and career as a musician and (ethno)musicologist. I’ve studied music of one kind or another since the age of four, and so I have many favourite albums and artists. But one special album -...

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With iPhone X, Apple is hoping to augment reality for the everyman

  • Written by: Michael Cowling, Senior Lecturer in Educational Technology, CQUniversity Australia

The iPhone X is here, which means Apple’s push into augmented reality (AR) begins in earnest.

AR offers a future where any graphic you see on a computer screen could be extracted and superimposed onto a real-world environment. Want to see how a new piece of furniture would look in your living room? Just point to a digital model on your...

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Media reform deals will reduce diversity and amount to little more than window dressing

  • Written by: Tim Dwyer, Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney
imageThe latest reforms will do nothing to prevent further concentration of Australia’s media landscape.AAP/Dean Lewins

The breakthrough in negotiations with the Senate crossbenchers that the government has been chipping away at over media reform has finally arrived.

The deregulatory legislation, the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting...

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  2. The off-topic Conversation #136
  3. Predicting disaster: better hurricane forecasts buy vital time for residents
  4. Votes for corporations and extra votes for property owners: why local council elections are undemocratic
  5. Power naps and meals don't always help shift workers make it through the night
  6. Decoding the music masterpieces: Shostakovich's Babi Yar
  7. North Korea tests not just a bomb but the global nuclear monitoring system
  8. How skills and personality traits contribute to the gender pay gap
  9. Government set to win Senate support for media deregulation
  10. More coal doesn’t equal more peak power
  11. So you bought the new iPhone? Here are your rights if it breaks
  12. The secrets of Titan: Cassini searched for the building blocks of life on Saturn's largest moon
  13. My favourite album: The Beastie Boys' Ill Communication
  14. Explainer: how does the sea 'disappear' when a hurricane passes by?
  15. Health Check: is margarine actually better for me than butter?
  16. A bloody decade of the iPhone
  17. Income inequality ticks down as the rich see their incomes fall: ABS
  18. Talking about suicide and self-harm in schools can save lives
  19. Is evidence for or against drug-testing welfare recipients? It depends on the result we're after
  20. Marriage vote: how advocacy ads exploit our emotions in divisive debates
  21. How Antarctic ice melt can be a tipping point for the whole planet's climate
  22. Sydney's Cloud Arch critics and our mean-spirited approach to public art
  23. Curious Kids: Why it is that the things close to the train windows zoom by really fast, but things further away seem to go by much slower?
  24. Ancient volcanic eruptions disrupted Earth's thermostat, creating a 'Snowball' planet
  25. Google architecture and what do you see? And what's a building without people?
  26. Despite the leaks, Apple's new products will still excite its fans
  27. Anti-vilification legislation for marriage ballot to pass this week
  28. Treating AGL with public contempt seems hardly the way to get the best outcome
  29. Ipsos 53-47 to Labor, but Shorten's ratings slump; Qld Newspoll 53-47 to Labor
  30. Can a federal court case against pokies succeed where politics has failed?
  31. Politics podcast: Mark Butler on energy uncertainty
  32. How the sky can help make air conditioners at least 20% more efficient
  33. Religion is not the only reason Rohingyas are being forced out of Myanmar
  34. Protecting children from abuse in organisations needs leadership and cultural change
  35. Health Check: should I replace sugar with artificial sweeteners?
  36. Australia's 'big heart'? Hypocrisy exposed in tale of multicultural adoption
  37. The smart home could worsen domestic abuse. But the same technology may also make us safer
  38. Drones help scientists check the health of Antarctic mosses, revealing climate change clues
  39. Irma and Harvey: very different storms, but both affected by climate change
  40. Australian teens doing well, but some still at high risk of suicide and self-harm
  41. 3D view helps us to understand how galaxies formed and evolved
  42. Essays on health: Australia is failing new parents with conflicting advice - it's urgent we get it right
  43. Are residents better off under the Sydney 'lockout laws'?
  44. A home for everyone? Property ownership has been about status and wealth since our convict days
  45. My favourite album: The Cure's Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
  46. For Australian students, academic potential still outweighs social circumstances
  47. Sulit menemukan CEO rendah hati. Ini alasannya
  48. AGL board to consider Liddell extension or sale – but company pushes alternative plan
  49. We need to close legal loopholes to ensure everyone is safe when going under anaesthesia
  50. Fake news and god's wrath: extreme hurricane politics in the US

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